NWUS56 KPQR 170232
LSRPQR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
631 PM PST SAT DEC 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TORNADO          8 NE SALEM              45.01N 122.91W
12/15/2006                   MARION             OR   PUBLIC          

            IMMEDIATELY AFTER A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING 
            AND SMALL HAIL A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND CROSSED 
            AN ACRE AND A HALF OF FLOODWATER UP TO 3 FEET DEEP AND 
            SUCKED ALL OF THE WATER INTO THE FUNNEL IN AROUND 3 
            SECONDS, ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD ROARING SOUND. THE TORNADO
            CONTINUED AND TWISTED A 12 INCH DIAMTER CEDAR OFF AND 
            TOSSED IT INTO A NEIGHBORS OUT BARN. THEN THE TORNADO 
            CHANGED DIRECTION AND PICKED UP AN RV AND THREW IT ON ITS
            SIDE. 


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